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Wednesday, December 20, 2023Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed SAC by 3 after the first quarter and won 144–119.

Final
UTA116
CLE124
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +8
Final
CHA113
IND144
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +31
Final
MIA115
ORL106
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +9
Final
MIN113
PHI127
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +14
Final
NYK121
BKN102
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +19
Final
DEN113
TOR104
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +9
Final
LAL108
CHI124
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +16
Final
ATL134
HOU127
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +7
Final
LAC120
DAL111
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +9
Final
BOS144
SAC119
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +25
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2022–23Dec 20, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Lauri Markkanen (UTA @ DET), 38 points.
The lead · BOS @ SAC

Boston routs Sacramento by 25

Boston led by 8 at halftime and won 144–119. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+8+23+25BOS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS38363931144
SAC41252429119
Who led
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 30, 17, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28, 28BOS28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 18, 30, 17, 14, 19, 10, 30, 28BOS28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 29, 40, 26, 30, 34, 29, 14, 41, 30, 29SAC29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 26, 15, 15, 15, 18, 20, 28, 13SAC13 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Second story · ATL @ HOU

Houston's skid reaches three

Atlanta won 134–127; the Rockets fall to 13–12. Trae Young led Atlanta with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
L@ DEN124–134L@ LAL97–107Wvs OKC110–101W@ DEN114–106Wvs SAS93–82Wvs MEM117–104W@ MEM103–96L@ MIL119–128L@ CLE130–135Lvs ATL127–134HOU: last 10 games through Dec 20, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 51

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 50, 38, 34, 41, 35, 42, 40, 51PHI vs MIN · W
35.1 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Jun 1, 2006: 50 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Season high51 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 26, 30, 24, 9, 19, 21, 29, 35PHI vs MIN · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Jabari Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 10, 6, 9, 9, 20, 5, 16, 5, 34HOU vs ATL · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 11, 26, 16, 11, 16, 22, 27, 32HOU vs ATL · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 22, 23, 25, 4, 26, 24, 8, 31DEN @ TOR · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 13, 45, 32, 30, 19, 35, 38, 35, 31, 30ATL @ HOU · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Coby WhiteCHI+7.1 24.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Collin SextonUTA+5.7 20.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.7 27.4 last 10 · 22.7 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+4.5 39.6 last 10 · 35.1 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+4.3 28.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cold
Nikola JokicDEN−4.5 22.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Tobias HarrisPHI−4.4 11.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−3.8 19.1 last 10 · 22.9 season
Dennis SchroderTOR−3.6 11.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Kevin HuerterSAC−3.2 7.8 last 10 · 11.0 season